Could human run book subscriptions be better than the online retailers’ automatic algorithm? Yesterday, I spotted an article by Rebecca Nicholson in The Guardian about a whole new approach to selling books. Handcrafted bespoke book subscriptions. Rebecca Nicholson’s first example is Heywood Hill. From the tone of the article, I […]
Douglas Noel Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a satirical author best known for The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The story of the guide is mostly available in largely contradictory formats on Amazon. Douglas Adams began his writing life as a script editor for Doctor […]
According to the theguardian.com, independent bookshops are thriving despite an overall downturn in book sales. After decades of decline, the sector has recorded three years of expansion. Alison Flood, ‘People are so happy we exist’: indie bookshops grow despite retail slump While this growth is good news, the article does […]
I am fairly confident that most of us writers want to know if there is a secret on how to write and sell a book. Or many books. As the secret is to keep going and don’t give up, wouldn’t it be great if there was some sort of learning […]
Today we took a giant leap forward towards becoming a true social network for writers and readers. You may notice some substantial changes on the Author Buzz front page. Now the front page features your content, blog posts and status updates alike. We’ve talked about doing this for some time […]
In order to make it easier for members to find great book reviews, we have added several new groups which carry external book review headlines. You can get these book reviews in your activity feed simply by joining one or more of the groups. By default, each group’s email setting […]
Two blogs have been started on this network that are both about as different as it is possible for two sites to be. Yet, despite this, they both use the same theme, the same network (obviously), and share similar contributors. What sets these two blogs apart is the intention and […]
The often-repeated fear is that comment control – the removing comments that you don’t want on your blog – is somehow the same as censorship. This is not only untrue but potentially damaging to your platform. What is freedom of speech anyway? If your blog has ever been visited by […]
I have a theory that smart authors do not need to do marketing because they start cults to do that for them. Not just one cult, many of them. As many as possible. I recently made the case that authors should start movements. Because screw lists – build relationships. This […]
The received wisdom is that an author needs a platform. That platform should have a website, a blog, a list, two social media, and a regular newsletter. What if all that is total bunk? In 3BC a male was born who went on to change the entire world with the […]
I wrote recently about my hatred of email lists and now I have a new approach that I hope will totally replace email – relationships. Lorraine Hamilton wrote an article a few years ago about giving up on lists and doing something better. As soon as I read it, I […]
I have run into a wall when it comes to a part of the Author Platforms projects – the email lists section. I write about author platforms because I am good at theory and great at writing about theory. I am not so great at actually getting on and doing […]
